� Optimistic 5:15

 
Originally released: October 2000

Available on: Kid A (album)

 
Flies are buzzing around my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
The big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem give me some

You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
The best you can is good enough

This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on an animal farm

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
The best you can is good enough

I'd really like to help you man
I'd really like to help you man ...
Nervous messed up marionette
Floating around on a prison ship

If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth
Dinosaurs roaming the earth

 

Ed: I really love the words, especially the line 'this one just crawled out the swamp' reminds me a bit of PJ Harvey's blues stuff. Cool. (from July 12, 1999)